CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS

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CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS - mobilising a wide range of specific and generic financial supports:

Overview of relevant calls for tender and calls for proposals Update 13 October 2014

The new EU programmes and instruments in the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020, notably Creative Europe¹, Erasmus +², , Horizon 2020³, COSME⁴ and Connecting Europe Facility⁵, have been launched in January 2014. They can make a decisive contribution to supporting the further development of the cultural and creative sectors and to strengthening their contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy for jobs and growth.

1 http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/index_en.htm

2 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

3 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/

4 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/initiatives/cosme/index_en.htm

5 http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connecting-europe-facility

EU programme Objectives Instruments Type of support/Interest for CCS

Calls for proposals/calls for tenders

Other information - programme guidelines - Weblinks

- information about relevant projects

Support cross-border networking, partnership and peer-learning activities to strengthen the sectors' capacity to operate beyond national borders and help respond to challenges such as the digital shift,

globalisation and fragmented European markets

Creative Europe Aims to promote cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe and reinforce the

competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors.

Grants

Support actions for capacity building aimed at audience development and the

CLOSED - European cooperation projects

EACEA/32/2014 –deadline on 1 October 2014

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creati ve-europe/funding/cooperation- projects-2015_en

European platforms

PLANNED for December 2014 (deadline during first quarter 2015)

European networks

Calls:

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/crea tive-europe/calls/index_en.htm

General information:

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/crea tive-europe/index_en.htm

Programme guidelines:

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/crea tive-

europe/documents/calls/guidelin es-culture.zip

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testing of business models

Support measures to help the sectors operate internationally

EAC/S18/2013 – CLOSED Results

Literary translation projects PLANNED for December 2014 (deadline during first quarter 2015)

Creative Europe Loan Guarantee Facility

Guarantees easier access to bank loans for small enterprises and organisations

To be progressively rolled out as from 2015 (Capacity Building Scheme) and 2016 (CCS Guarantee Facility)

Survey on Access to Finance for the Cultural and Creative Sectors

Erasmus + Will support investment in

education, training and youth in the form of learning mobility, partnerships for innovation and policy support.

Grants:

Key action 1

Learning mobility of individuals

- 1) Mobility of individuals - 2) Joint Master degrees

- 3) Large scale European Voluntary services

CLOSED:

2014 General call for proposals published in December 2013:

http://new.eur- lex.europa.eu/legal-

content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.

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Results:

- 1) Mobility of individuals - 2) Joint Master degrees - 3) Large scale European Voluntary services

OPEN: 2015 General call for proposals published on 8 October 2014

Link for call:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/er asmus-plus/index_en.htm

Programme guide:

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes /erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

1) Managed by National agencies (http://ec.europa.eu/programme s/erasmus-plus/tools/national- agencies/index_en.htm)

2) and 3) Managed by Education, Audio-visual and Culture

Executive Agency (EACEA) - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index _en.php

Grants:

Key action 2:

- Strategic partnerships CLOSED: 2014 General call for proposals published in December 2013:

Managed by National agencies ((http://ec.europa.eu/programm es/erasmus-plus/tools/national-

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proposals published on 8 October 2014

- Capacity building in the fields of Higher education and Youth

2 different calls:

CLOSED Youth: 2014 General call for proposals published in December 2013.

Results

OPEN: HE: 2015 General call for proposals published on 8 October 2014

Both managed by Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index _en.php

exchange of good practices

- Sector Skills Alliances CLOSED

2014 General call for proposals published in December 2013.

The Cultural and Creative Sector was one of six eligible sectors;

selected project “Skills for the creative economy”, Eurotraining, Greece (554288-EPP-1-2014-1- EL-EPPKA2-SSA)

OPEN: 2015 General call for proposals published on 8 October 2014:

The Cultural and Creative Sectors will be one of seven eligible sectors

Link for call on EAC website:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/er asmus-plus/index_en.htm

Managed by Education, Audio- visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) -

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index _en.php (regarding centralised actions)

- Knowledge Alliances CLOSED: General call for

proposals published in December 2013.

As for Sector Skills Alliances

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OPEN: 2015 General call for proposals published on 8 October 2014:

Network grant Business support services to be provided notably by the Enterprise Europe Network

ACCESS TO MARKETS:

actions to foster the development of world-class clusters and business networks (Enterprise Europe Network)

OPEN:

Cluster Excellence Programme Deadline:29/10/2014

Number:COS–WP 2014-3-04

The overall objective of this Call for proposals is to pursue the EU efforts aimed to strengthen cluster management excellence in the EU as a way to provide more professional business services to European SMEs through clusters and therefore contribute to the development of more world-class clusters in the EU.

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/i nitiatives/cosme/index_en.htm COSME Aims to strengthen the

competitiveness and sustainability of EU enterprises and SMEs and encourage an entrepreneurial culture.

Grants

FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS:

Market replication projects ( 60 Million):

Support the first applications and market uptake of innovative products, processes and services (fashion industries )

Follow up to the Worth project (12 Million):

Actions linking and adding skills and competencies in the fields of design, creativity and

2015 – 18

2016

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/i nitiatives/cosme/index_en.htm

The Worth project is a pilot project to be financed under the 2013 CIP. The aim is to support 30 to 40 new design-based products over two years through the establishment of a

partnership between the

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designer and the SME. The designer will receive a market- based lump sum for his/her service while the SME will receive support from the designer and the Platform free of charge (implementation : 2014-2015).

Grants Extension and development

of European cultural itineraries, support to transnational thematic projects and partnerships which can contribute to the diversification of the European tourism offer

Calls for proposals 2014-2020

Deadline:04/11/2014Number:CO S-WP2014-3-15.02

OPEN:

Cultural Routes and Luxury Goods Deadline:04/11/2014

Number:COS-WP2014-3-15.02

This call for Proposals aims to create a Cultural Route showcasing one high-end product, either perfume, chocolate or jewellery. Its objective is to promote cooperation between tourism and the luxury goods industries.

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/cosm e_en.htm;

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/c ontracts-grants/calls-for-

proposals/index_en.htm.

Under this objective, project partnerships will be co-funded under dedicated calls for proposals. The focus will be on transnational thematic products, amongst others, in the field of common heritage, maritime tourism, business tourism, rural tourism, sport and tourism, cultural and industrial tourism, including exploiting synergies between creative industry and tourism.

Actions to accelerate the emergence of competitive industries based on cross- sectorial activities

SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS: support

for new business models and commercial use of creative ideas

CLOSED

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Deadline:19/08/2014

Number:COS-WP2014-4-05

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/c os-wp2014-4-05-erasmus-young- entrepreneurs

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Actions linking and adding skills and competencies in the fields of design, creativity and manufacturing.

Better access to finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) (1) The Loan Guarantee Facility

(2) The Equity Facility for Growth (1.4 billion- EIF)

2014

Horizon 2020 Will support research and innovation activities and promote a better exploitation of the industrial potential of policies of

innovation, research and technological development.

INNOVATION IN SMEs work programme: Actions to enhance SME innovation capacity by providing better innovation support, notably by facilitating cross-border and cross-sectorial collaboration in view of creating new industrial value chains that foster the development of emerging industries.

OPEN:

Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial chains (INNOSUP- 1-2015)

Innovation actions

Publication date 2013-12-11 Deadline Date 2015-04-30 Stage 2 2015-09-09 Budget €24,900,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361/9 of 11 December 2013

CLOSED:

Enhancing SME innovation capacity by providing better innovation support

Community building and competence development for SME Instrument coaching (INNOSUP-9-2014)

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Coordinating and support action Publication date 2013-12-11 Deadline Date 12/3/2014 Budget €760,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361 of 11 December 2013

OPEN:

Professionalisation of open innovation management in SMEs (INNOSUP-7-2015)

Coordinating and support action Publication date: 201-12-11 Deadline date: 2015-04-29 Budget: €1,700,000

OPEN:

Measuring open innovation inputs and outcomes in SMEs (INNOSUP-8-2015) for both:

Coordination and support actions Publication date 2013-12-11 Deadline Date 2015-04-29 Budget €1,700,000

OPEN:

CAPITALISING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF ON-LINE COLLABORATION (H2020-INNOSUP-2015-2) Coordination and support actions Opening date 11-12-2013 Deadline Date 10-03-2015

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/2352- innosup-7-2015.html

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Stage 2: 12-08-2015 Budget €2,350,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361 of 11 December 2013 The submission session is now available for: INNOSUP-6- 2015(CSA)

OPEN:

PEER LEARNING OF INNOVATION AGENCIES

(H2020-INNOSUP-2015-3) Coordination and support actions Opening date 11-12-2013 Deadline Date 14-10-2015 Intermediate deadlines:

14-08-2014 14-11-2014 12-02-2015 14-05-2015 14-07-2015 Budget €1,420,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361 of 11 December 2013 The submission session is now available for: INNOSUP-5- 2014(CSA-LS)

OPEN:

A EUROPEAN LABEL FOR INNOVATION VOUCHER PROGRAMMES TO SUPPORT SPIN-IN OF TECHNOLOGY (H2020-INNOSUP-2014-6) Coordination and support actions

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Opening date 11-12-2013 Deadline Date 29-10-2014 Budget €1,000,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361 of 11 December 2013 The submission session is now available for: INNOSUP-4- 2014(CSA)

Grants Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT) :

support technological developments in relation to CCS, such as innovative technologies for the creation and use of creative content and innovative materials for creative industries (in particular section on Content technologies and

information management under LEIT 5i Information and Communication Technologies)

CLOSED

ICT 2014 - Information and Communications Technologies ICT 18 – 2014: Support the growth of ICT innovative Creative Industries SMEs

H2020-ICT-2014-1 Sub call of:

H2020-ICT-2014

Opening date 11-12-2013 Publication date 11-12-2013 Deadline 23-04-2014

Main pillar Industrial leadership

OPEN:

ICT 2014 - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGIES H2020-ICT-2014-2

Sub call of: H2020-ICT-2014 Opening Date 11-12-2013 Deadline Date 25-11-2014 Budget

€125,000,000

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership

FORTHCOMING:

ICT 19 – 2015: Technologies for

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/89-ict- 18-2014.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020-ict- 2014-2.html

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creative industries, social media and convergence

H2020-ICT-2015

Planned Opening date: 15-10- 2014

Publication date: 23-07-2014 Deadline: 14-04-2015

Main Pillar Industrial leadership

CLOSED

European Design Innovation Platform –contact awarded in January 2014

http://www.designcouncil.org.

uk/projects/design-europe

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/9085-ict- 19-2015.html

Grants 5. Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT)

ii. Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing

CLOSED:

Call for Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Production

NMP 18 – 2014: Materials solutions for use in the creative industry sector

Opening date: 11-12-2013 Deadline: 06-05/2014 Stage 2: 07-10-2014 Budget: €114,200,000

CLOSED:

NMP 21 – 2014: Materials-based solutions for the protection or preservation of

Orientation papers online http://ec.europa.eu/research/hor izon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h202 0-documents

Call NMP 18

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/2513- nmp-18-2014.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/2515-

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European cultural heritage Type of action: Innovation Action Opening date: 11-12-2013 Deadline 06-05-2014 Stage 2: 07-10-2014

Publication date: 11-12-2013 Budget: €114,200,00

Main Pillar Industrial Leadership OJ C361 of 11 December 2013 CLOSED

FORTHCOMING:

NMP 22 - 2015: Fibre-based materials for non-clothing applications

Type of action: Innovation Action Planned opening date: 22-10- 2014

Deadline 26-03-2015 Stage 2: 08-09-2015 Budget: €148,370,00

Forthcoming in 2015:

Inducement prize for the development of new materials and materials-based creative solutions by upstream

collaboration between material scientists and designers

Type of action: Inducement prizes

Contractual PPP factories of the Future:

FoF 10 – 2015: Manufacturing of custom-made parts for

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personalised products

FoF 13 – 2015: Re-use and re- manufacturing technologies and equipment for sustainable product lifecycle management Type of action: Research &

Innovation Actions Support to new forms of

innovation, such as social innovation and creativity, in order to enhance positive inter-cultural dynamics in Europe and with

international partners.

Grants PRIORITY 'SOCIETAL

CHALLENGES' : Support for research on cultural heritage

CLOSED:

Energy Efficiency - PPP EeB and SPIRE topics

Call in SC3 – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy - EE3 – 2014:

Energy strategies and solutions for deep renovation of historic buildings

Call publication date:

11/12/2013

Deadline: 20/03/2014 Budget: €21,000,000

Main Pillar Societal Challenges

FORTHCOMING:

Calls in SC6 - Reflective

Societies: Cultural Heritage and European Identities.

H2020-REFLECTIVE-6-2015 Planned opening date: 10-

Work programme of SC3:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/data/ref/h2020/wp/201 4_2015/main/h2020-wp1415- energy_en.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/doc/call/h2020/c ommon/1587804-

13._sc6_wp2014-2015_en.pdf

Call Reflective 6:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020- reflective-6-2015.html

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12/2014

Deadline date: 28-05-2015 Budget: €10.000.000

Main Pillar: Societal Challenges

CLOSED:

Deadline for Reflective topics 1, 9, 10: 03/06/2014

Budget €9,000,000

CLOSED:

Deadline for Reflective 7:

30/09/2014

Budget: € 14,000,000

FORTHCOMING:

REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES:

CULTURAL HERITAGE AND EUROPEAN IDENTITIES Opening date: 10-12-2014 Deadline: 28-05-2015

Main Pillar Societal Challenges Budget €17,500,000

OPEN:

Call in SC7: Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens: DIGITAL SECURITY:

CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY AND TRUST

H2020-DS-2015-1Sub call of:

H2020-DS-2014-2015

Call Reflective 1, 9, 10:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020- reflective-society-2014.html Call Reflective 7:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/topics/2105- reflective-7-2014.html C

all 2015 on Reflective societies:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020- reflective-society-2015.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/data/ref/h2020/wp/201 4_2015/main/h2020-wp1415- security_en.pdf

Call 7:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp

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Opening date: 11-12-2013 Deadline: 27-08-2015 Budget: €50,210,000 Main Pillar Societal Change OJ C361 of 11 December 2013

FORTHCOMING:

DRS-11-2015: Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 3: Mitigating the impacts of climate change and natural hazards on cultural heritage sites, structures and artefacts H2020-DRS-2015 Sub call of:

H2020-DRS-2014-2015 Call publication date:

11/12/2013

Planned opening date: 25-03- 2015

Deadline: 27/08/2015 Budget: €93,070,000 Main Pillar Societal Changes OJ C361 of 11 December 2013

CLOSED:

Call in Excellent Science: Call for European Research Infrastructures (including practitioners of cultural heritage and information sharing)

Deadline: 02/09/2014

Budget (for all scientific fields):

€140,000,000

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Call on Research Infrastructures:

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CLOSED:

CALL FOR INTEGRATING SOCIETY IN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION H2020-ISSI-2014-1 Sub call of:

H2020-ISSI-2014-2015 Publication date 2013-12-11 Deadline 1: 02/10/2014 Budget: €10,300,000

Main Pillar Science with and for society

OJ C361 of 11 December 2013

ONGOING:

H2020-ISSI-2015-1 Sub call of:

H2020-ISSI-2014-2015 Opening date: 22-04-2014 Deadline: 16-09-2015 Budget €22,000,000

Main Pillar Science with and for society

OJ C361 of 11 December 2013

Call for integrating society in science and innovation 2014:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020- issi-2014-1.html

Call for integrating society in science and innovation 2015:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/portal/desktop/en/opp ortunities/h2020/calls/h2020- issi-2015-1.html

Public procurement

(service contract)

Innovation in SMEs FORTHCOMING in 2015:

Capabilities for Design-Driven Innovation in European SMEs

http://ec.europa.eu/research/par ticipants/data/ref/h2020/wp/201 4_2015/main/h2020-wp1415- sme_en.pdf

Horizon 2020’ SME

Instrument

First 155 SMEs- beneficiaries of the Instrument announced in September 2014

http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/h orizons-2020-sme-instrument

Connecting Europe Facility

Aims to boost Europe's transport, energy and digital networks.

Grant Access to digital resources on European heritage (‘Europeana’).

CLOSED

Call for proposals in support of the Europeana core service platform

Call identifier: CEF-TC-2014-2 Closing date: 23 September 2014

In 2014, 8.9 MEUR are available for a multi-beneficiary grant in support of the core service platform of Europeana. The project must build on

www.europeana.eu and follow

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Title: Access to digital resources of European heritage

(‘Europeana’); Stakeholders, including Member States, the Europeana Network, the Creative Industries and/or sponsors, should be part of the solution.

on seamlessly from pre-existing work.

Webpage

To guarantee continuity from the previous funding scheme to CEF, CEF ensures funding for

Europeana in the first years of this multiannual financial

framework. Nevertheless, there is a need for concrete sustainability plans to increasingly complement CEF funding by funding from other sources.